ryujin470@fedia.io to History@lemmy.world · 1 day agoWhat are some notable ancient Greek and Roman documents that have been lost?message-squaremessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up125arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 day agoSo much of Aeschylus is missing. He pretty much invented Greek tragedy. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeschylus He wrote somewhere between 70 and 90 plays, of which only 7 survive. Pretty much the same for Aristophenes, only now we’re talking comedy instead of tragedy. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristophanes 11 surviving plays (Lysistrata is LEGIT!), 30 or so missing. :( “Frying-Pan Men” ? I want to know that story…
So much of Aeschylus is missing. He pretty much invented Greek tragedy.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeschylus
He wrote somewhere between 70 and 90 plays, of which only 7 survive.
Pretty much the same for Aristophenes, only now we’re talking comedy instead of tragedy.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristophanes
11 surviving plays (Lysistrata is LEGIT!), 30 or so missing. :(
“Frying-Pan Men” ? I want to know that story…